Sovodenj - Štor (through Miklavževa grapa)

Access to starting point:
A) From Ljubljana or Kranj we drive to Škofja Loka, from where we continue towards Gorenja vas. In Gorenja vas we continue right in the direction of Cerkno and Žiri. The road then runs past the village Trebija, after which we turn right in the direction of Cerkno (left Žiri). We follow this road to the village Sovodenj, where we park on the parking lot between Mercator store and the fire station.
B) From Tolmin we drive to Cerkno, and from there we continue driving over the mountain pass Kladje (787 m) towards Škofja Loka. When we come to the village Sovodenj we park on the parking lot between the store and the fire station.
C) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper we take the exit Logatec and then continue driving to Logatec. From the roundabout, where we reach the old road Vrhnika - Postojna, we continue right (direction Vrhnika) and continue driving on the old road towards Vrhnika, but we drive on it only a few hundred meters, then we turn left on the road in the direction of Rovte and Žiri. We then drive on a gradually more and more winding road, which we follow to Žiri. From Žiri we first still continue driving towards Škofja Loka and Gorenja vas, then in one of the crossroads we turn sharply left in the direction of Cerkno and Sovodenj. When we arrive in Sovodenj we park on the parking lot between Mercator store and the fire station.

Route description:
From the parking lot we continue on the asphalt road in the direction of Ermanovec and Cerkno. After a few minutes of ascent on the main road we arrive at a marked intersection, where the road to Ermanovec branches off to the right. We head onto this road, which runs along a scenic stream and after a few minutes of further walking brings us to the next intersection.
We continue straight ahead (right Ermanovec on the road) on the road, which continues along the previously mentioned stream. The road then crosses the stream over a small bridge and brings us past a small hamlet to a marked junction.
We continue further on the road (left Ermanovec razgledna pot), which we follow for only a few dozen meters to the right bend. At the beginning of the bend, just before the road crosses the stream, we leave it and continue the ascent on the marked footpath, which begins to ascend gently through Miklavževa grapa. The path then ascends for quite some time along the edge of the stream, then turns right and begins to ascend more steeply. The well-marked footpath then crosses a cart track several times and joins it higher up. There follow a few minutes of somewhat gentler ascent on the cart track, which emerges from the forest onto panoramic grassy slopes, over which we also arrive at the road. We continue right through a small hamlet and the road then brings us in a moderate ascent to an intersection near the Koča na Ermanovcu hut. Here we continue left (right peak Ermanovec) and after a few further steps we arrive at the mentioned mountain hut.
At the hut we notice the mountain signpost for Štor, which directs us onto a footpath that ascends steeply through the forest. The path quickly flattens and brings us out of the forest onto a panoramic meadow, where the blazes end. Here we continue right into dense forest and continue the ascent on a gentle unmarked path, along which in 2 minutes of further walking we arrive at the indistinct and forest-covered peak.

Along the route: Koča na Ermanovcu mountain hut (968m)

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